From today on is the king

Chapter 560 559. Champion, Of course You Must Train Well

Liu Mang knew that when Malone joined the Lakers, he thought it was going to be difficult to pursue Stockton, but he did not expect to receive a call from Coach Kruger excitedly. Although the signal was indeed poor enough, and the phone calls cost money, and it was too expensive, it made Liu Mang a little heartbroken, but when he heard Stockton came, Liu Mang didn't care about the expensive international roaming fee.

Coach Kruger is more excited about Stockton’s joining than Rasheed Wallace’s joining. Coach Kruger is still suspicious of Rasheed Wallace, especially Rasheed Wallace said in an interview in Portland that he would never play a center. The salary of the player is only the salary during the player's season.

And Liu Mang forgot to tell the coaching staff what he said in the last meeting with Rasheed Wallace...

There are beauties and cute little lolis traveling together, and they also get strong support to join them. Liu Mang feels that the beautiful travel time in the last few days will be even more beautiful, even if there are still a few days before the cruel summer training time. You can't lose the training even during the promotion period, but let's have fun for a few days now!

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Stockton didn't want to join the team that used to be a direct competitor, and didn't want to be the one with the thighs. Maybe the Lakers didn't mean that, but Stockton seemed to mean that.

The Lakers paid Payton a middle-class salary, and he was one of the best point guards in the 90s, but they paid Stockton a basic salary.

Does Stockton care about that little money?Yes, this is a matter of face, I really care about it.

The ones with high prices seem to be the main force, and the ones with low prices seem to be holding thighs.

If Payton is the only point guard who joins without Stockton, then Payton will also be regarded as a thigh hug, but if Payton and Stockton join together, then it is estimated that only Stockton and Malone are considered to be a thigh hug.

Originally, Stockton only wanted to stay with the Jazz. If Malone left, he would retire.

This was what Stockton thought before Liu Mang invited him at the beginning of the month.

But after Liu Mang went to invite him, Stockton's thoughts changed a little bit, but not to the point where he was tempted.

At this time, Stockton thought that if Malone chose to join the Eagles to assist Liu Mang, Stockton would be quite acceptable. Although he was already very open-minded, it would be nice to win a championship before retiring.

But Malone chose to go to the Lakers, and Stockton's first thought was to retire.

However, before the Hawks head coach personally visited, or twice, let Stockton feel the respect of the Eagles, not the feeling of the Lakers that you come and I will give you a thigh hug, but actually invited him to town. The two completely different attitudes made Stockton tempted.

After receiving the news of Stockton's confirmation of joining, the Eagles officially announced the news, adding fuel to the season ticket sales for next season.

After Malone left Los Angeles, Stockton did not go to Los Angeles, did not stay in Salt Lake City, and did not choose to retire. Instead, he joined the Eagles, which was about to fall into "chaos" again in people's eyes, which really shocked the fans.

Although the Eagles just announced the joining of Stockton and have not officially signed the contract, the Eagles will not joke about this kind of thing. It is definitely that Stockton has agreed to join the Eagles, and the older generation of players are all good-faced.

Therefore, the changes in the NBA this summer have made basketball fans feel that their three views have collapsed.

First, Payton cut his salary to hug his thigh, and Malone followed suit, and then Stockton left Atlanta, mainly because of the Big Four of the Lakers.

Some fans are already looking forward to it. If the Eagles really cross the Nets and reach the finals, the Shuangsha will play in the finals with two teams. If this was put five or even ten years ago, it would be something that fans would not dare to imagine.

As for whether the Lakers can make the playoffs... In the eyes of the fans, there is still suspense about the Lakers championship?The Big Four are invincible!
On the Chinese side, the Big Four of the Lakers have an interesting nickname called F4.

Regardless of whether it is China or the United States, the media and fans regard the championship next season as the Lakers' bag. Although the little blacksmith has just been summoned by the court in Colorado, he was sued, and he was also terminated by Adidas. However, for NBA players, it can be settled with money.

In people's eyes, it is a certainty for the Lakers to win the championship.

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Here in Las Vegas Summer League.

After Kwame Brown came to the Eagles, he was very happy, especially when he was playing in the summer league. His strength was much better than that of the opponents who were still struggling to enter the NBA.

Although he occasionally has a broken hand, grabs a rebound and wants to dunk and throws it away, but the coach and teammates don't scold him. An "old" player like Prince who has played for a year will come up and pat him on the shoulder to comfort him. This makes Kwame Brown feel the warmth that he has never had since entering the NBA.

In the first two years of his career, Kwame Brown performed extremely badly under Jordan's scolding. After Jordan was kicked out by the Wizards, the Wizards management thought that the parallel importer selected by Jordan was not happy, and did not give him much room for training. They used him as a strong meat shield, but at least there was a training goal.

A 23-year-old player who does not consider offense but only needs to be responsible for defense. His physical fitness is so strong that he can become the No. 3 pick. Although it is basically impossible to develop offense at this age, he has the potential to become a top defensive champion no matter how you look at it. Therefore, the Lakers traded him and gave him a three-year 2500 million contract.

But the Lakers have a little blacksmith who may be even more paranoid than Jordan...

Kwame Brown's first seven years of career were basically equal to the rhythm of playing in purgatory. By the time he completely left the two great gods of Jordan and Kobe, he was already 26, except for single defense and blocking.

But now that he has just turned 21, he is not counted on the offensive end, as long as he can learn the skills of eating cakes, he only needs to dig out his defensive talent. Liu Mang and the Eagles do not expect Kwame Brown to become a superstar, and it is enough to be able to top Ratliff when he needs a long rest.

Kwame Brown may not know that the smiling assistant coach Mike Woodson gave his offense a D, which is the worst...

Before Liu Mang left, he suggested to his teammates and the coaching staff a small way to cultivate Kwame Brown, which is to encourage him and praise him when he performs well. When he makes a mistake, don’t point out his face fiercely, but comfort him first, and then point out his problems.

Let Kwame Brown feel the warmth of his own team first, making him a little more confident, and then slowly getting to the bottom of it... No, it's slowly cultivating his ability. He is only 21 years old, and a defensive center can still be cultivated well.

The Eagles don’t expect Kwame Brown to be able to do Ratliff’s job right away. Ratliff is one of the top three defensive centers in the league, so it’s impossible for anyone to play his role. However, the physical fitness and defensive awareness shown by Kwame Brown do have the potential to be cultivated as Ratliff’s successor.

Prince and Mike Woodson, the two who were specifically told to encourage Kwame Brown well.

Ordinary second-year players were supposed to play in the summer league, and it wasn't a rookie like Liu Mang who had 20+ in his rookie season. Prince was called to play the summer league with the two newly drafted rookies to adapt to the rules of the NBA.

Boozer had a family problem, so the team accommodated him to go back to his hometown to take care of his daughter. Although Atlanta’s medical level is also very high, because Boozer was selected in the first round this time and has a four-year fully guaranteed rookie contract, he got a large loan from the bank before his rookie season started. Instead of taking his daughter to the United States, he let her continue to be treated in Germany.

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A few more days passed, and on July 7, the team's signings went smoothly, and the training of Kwame Brown in the summer league was also slowly progressing.

Liu Mang and his team returned to their hometown on the 20th, said goodbye to their parents, stayed for one night and got together, and took a flight to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii at noon the next day. There was a booked resort hotel and a rented basketball gym there. The place where Liu Mang resumed training was fixed here, and the team’s new shooting coach, Chip Englander, was sent by the coaching staff to wait for Liu Mang. He was on vacation while guiding Liu Mang’s shooting training.

Liu Mang’s 8-day publicity plan, which started on August 1, also started from Hawaii, a tourist archipelago with a very high traffic flow, and then went to island countries, South Korea, and Singapore. The last six most important stops were in China’s north, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Xi’an.

The happy time of traveling is over. After Liu Mang arrived in Hawaii, he started a training journey that tortured himself. He could only watch two big girls, one small and three beautiful women go to the beach to play, and went to the basketball hall by himself. Under the guidance of Mark Madsen, the "personal fitness trainer" who had just been sold to the Timberwolves by the Lakers as a scapegoat like Horry, and the team's new shooting coach Chip Engelland, he started hell-style training.

Just after Liu Mang arrived in Hawaii and had a rest at the hotel for a night after meeting Mark Madsen and Chip Englander, Liu Mang woke up early in the morning. Just as he was about to wash up and go out for a run to recover his usual training feeling, the system panel popped up by itself!
"Ding... The templates of the system have been upgraded. The superstar value lottery template basketball template, the rogue value lottery template, and the training system template have been upgraded. Please pay attention to the host."

Liu Mang just woke up and was about to wash his face and rinse his mouth to go out, when he was startled suddenly by the system panel that jumped out!
When Liu Mang watched the system panel open, the regular screen showing his personal ability evaluation did not change. What was the upgrade?

Liu Mang casually opened the lottery drawing template, and what popped up was the introduction. After reading the introduction, Liu Mang's words of "Fuck" resounded in the room, which seemed to be surprised and sad...

At five o'clock in the morning, several beauties next door in the suite were woken up one after another, and then angrily cursed Liu Mang's English name and rushed towards Liu Mang's room...

(End of this chapter)